[MEncoder-users] Authoring for DVD - qpel?

[RC]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:28:25 +0100
"Ross Clement" <rossclement at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems to me (please correct me if I'm wrong) that trying the rate
> distortion comparison function for cmp and subcmp might be worthwhile.

Many *cmp options sound good, but in reality don't work well  (eg.
PSNR)...

For live action, I wouldn't recomend any methods other than 0-SAD or
3-DCT. Of course you're welcome to try any of them, and see for
yourself.

> But "full" might be worth trying, though it's marked as slow. 

It's also marked as "unmaintained" and "disabled."

> I may be looking at the wrong web sources. But I find that many pages
> on how to "create high quality videos with mencoder" list options you
> might want to use, without really going into what they mean.

Section14.3.3 of the HTML docs seems to cover exactly that.